Cassius Clay with Bill Russell and Lew Alcindor

(Original Caption) Dwarfed by Bill Russell (left), six-foot, 11-inch player coach of the Boston Celtics, and 7-foot, 3-inch college star Lew Alcindor, Cassius Clay strains his neck as he talks with the two basketball giants. A group of the nation's top athletes met to hear Clay's views for rejecting Army induction. Ring Magazine, a boxing publication, announced June 5th that it would continue to recognize Clay as the heavyweight champion despite the actions of the World Boxing Association and the New York Athletic Commission in stripping Clay of the title.
(Original Caption) Dwarfed by Bill Russell (left), six-foot, 11-inch player coach of the Boston Celtics, and 7-foot, 3-inch college star Lew Alcindor, Cassius Clay strains his neck as he talks with the two basketball giants. A group of the nation's top athletes met to hear Clay's views for rejecting Army induction. Ring Magazine, a boxing publication, announced June 5th that it would continue to recognize Clay as the heavyweight champion despite the actions of the World Boxing Association and the New York Athletic Commission in stripping Clay of the title.
Cassius Clay with Bill Russell and Lew Alcindor
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June 06, 1967
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